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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Coke, McDonalds, Yum, et.al - The Spineless Herd

Conservative mouthpiece, Michelle Malkin is at it again
this morning. She is railing against the
evil people who are trying to destroy her good buddies – the American
Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

This morning she is a little bit nastier than normal – focusing in on Color of Change -
but then when you consider that she is no more than an opinion writer – who cares.

And really, who wants to know her opinion – but it’s her
nastiness that is kinda sweet in this one aspect – when she is talking about
ALEC Corporate Profit Sector Members who have allegedly decided to no longer
support ALEC.

Color of Change's corporate
appeasers include McDonald's, Wendy's, Mars Inc., Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Kraft
Foods, Intuit, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Reed Elsevier (owner of
LexisNexis), American Traffic Solutions and Arizona Public Service. This week,
Robinson also claimed that Yum Brands and Procter and Gamble had dropped their
memberships as a result of "hundreds" of Color of Change phone calls.

On Tuesday, I called Procter and
Gamble and asked them how many phone calls they received. Company spokeswoman
Christine Wever refused to answer. I asked whether the company had met at any
time over the past year with Color of Change or any other protest group
regarding their specific complaints about ALEC. Wever refused to answer.

I also called the media office at
Yum Brands several times with the same questions. No response by end of
business Tuesday.

It's not enough for conservative
consumers to avoid cowardly businesses that cave to Van Jones and company.
Beating back the anti-ALEC mob means getting ahead of them. Color of Change and its
"hundreds" of callers are now pressuring State Farm and Johnson and
Johnson to join the spineless herd and cut ties to
ALEC.

I'll say it again: Silence is
complicity. Speak now or surrender your ground.

The following quote was noted in an article this past week found in PR Week US titled “Groups' politics in spotlight after ALEC backlash” about ALEC affiliations:

“More
than anything, it's a wakeup call for brands to be bit more vigilant
and constantly assess where these organizations are and what they are
advocating for,” said Joseph Farren, SVP for global public affairs at
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide in Washington.

the spineless herdduck-and-cover companies that caved

Hmmmmmm

Evidently –

Part of the conservative agenda is name-calling when old
supporters decide to be non-supporters.

Gets nasty when those people turn on their own.

the spineless herdduck-and-cover companies that caved

It might not be a good day for the conservatives to call the people working at the spineless herd, duck-and-cover companies that caved --- looking for campaign donations.

She forgot the -
na, na, na, na, na, na … at
the end of her opinion piece.

And from a perspective of - DESTROY
ALEC

I'll say it again:
Silence is complicity. Speak now or surrender your ground.